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Dancer and performer Gwen Verdon died this week at age 75. She was known as the best interpreter of choreographer Bob Fosse's work, and well-remembered as the red-haired temptress Lola in the musical Damn Yankees. Kim Kokich knew Gwen Verdon and has this appreciation.

Liane talks with New York Times columnist Robert Lipsyte, who says that while the so-called "Subway Series" is getting a lot of media attention, New York sports fans save their real passion for football.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (Democrat, Missouri) on Missouri's late governor Mel Carnahan (Democrat); Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan; Texas Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore at the third and final presidential debate in St. Louis, Missouri; President Bill Clinton at the memorial service for the USS Cole in Norfolk, Virginia.

100 years ago today, the Wright Brothers, who hailed from Dayton, Ohio, flew their first glider, a major step toward their historic powered flight three years later. Today, another Dayton pilot will re-create those first glider flights. Aileen LeBlanc from member station WYSO in Yellow Springs, Ohio, reports.

Weekend Edition essayist Diane Roberts says George W. Bush and Al Gore aren't just competing for the presidency. Both men are also trying to prove that they're true-blue Southerners.

Liane talks with Kazuo Ishiguro, author of a new book, When We Were Orphans (published by Alfred A. Knopf ), about a detective whose parents disappeared when he was a child. Ishiguro wrote the highly acclaimed book, Remains of the Day.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from Cairo on the end of the emergency summit of 22 Arab nations.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Mark Manasse from San Francisco, California. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station KQED and KALW, both in San Francisco.)

Liane talks with NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem as street fighting on the West Bank between stone-throwing Palestinians and armed Israeli troops continued into the weekend. In violence Saturday, four Palestinians died and more than 100 were injured.

Liane talks with NPR's Rob Gifford about the upcoming talks between Secretary of State Madeline Albright and President Kim Jong Il of North Korea. The meeting could set the stage for a subsquent visit to North Korea by President Clinton.

Kathy Witkowsky reports from Montana's Bitterroot Valley on the after-effects of this summer's wildfires. Without underbrush to keep the soil in place, the fires have led to floods and erosion. The federal government is encouraging homeowners to protect their soil, but with no mandatory program, the danger remains.

Host Bob Edwards talks with film-maker Vince Dipersio about his latest project, Hate-dot-com. The documentary examines how hate groups use the Internet to spread their ideology and recruit new members.